Construction contractors often rely on external funding to manage financial deficits caused by irregular cash inflows and outflows. To address these cash flow challenges, contractors typically adjust the start times of project activities to prevent s...
Hydrogen generation via photoelectrochemical (PEC) overall water splitting is an attractive means of renewable energy production so developing and designing the cost-effective and high-activity bifunctional PEC catalysts both for the hydrogen evoluti...
This study tackles the challenge of splitting and merging in parametric active contours or snakes. The proposed method comprises three stages: (1) fully 4-connected interpolation, (2) snake splitting, and (3) snakes merging. For this purpose, first,...
This paper proposes an active splitting scheme especially suitable for longitudinal power systems (LPS). The proposed scheme is based on a modified out-of-step (OOS) algorithm combined with an angle difference method using synchrophasor measurements....
The active simultaneously transmitting/reflecting surface (ASTARS) is considered a promising technique to achieve full spatial coverage and overcome multiplicative fading caused by cascaded paths. This paper investigates the performance of ASTARS-ass...
Photocatalytic water splitting is one of the ideal methods for solving the global energy crisis and its associated environmental problems. In this study, the effect of altering the molecular structure of porphyrins was investigated to improve the wat...
Large-scale growth of low-cost, efficient, and durable non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts for water splitting is crucial for future renewable energy systems. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) provides a promising route for depositing uniform thin coa...
The solar thermochemical two-step splitting of H2O and CO2 based on metal oxide compounds is a promising path for clean and efficient generation of hydrogen and renewable synthetic fuels. The two-step process is based on the endothermic solar thermal...
The mechanism of PdCrOx multi-component cocatalyst formation on SrTiO3 was investigated using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The PdCrOx/SrTiO3 samples were synthesi...
The existing solutions for reducing total harmonic distortion (THD) using different control algorithms in shunt active power filters (SAPFs) are complex. This work proposes a split source inverter (SSI)-based SAPF for improving the power quality in a...
A two-dimensional (2D) polar monolayer with a polarization electric field can be used as a potential photocatalyst. In this work, first principle calculations were used to investigate the stability and photocatalytic properties of 2D polar monolayer...
Hydrogen, considered to be an alternative fuel to traditional fossil fuels, can be generated by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen via the use of electrical energy, in a process whose efficiency depends directly on the employed cataly...
Acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that provide high activity, lower costs, and long-term stability are needed for the wide-scale adoption of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers for generating hydrogen through elec...
Deep rock bears dynamic loads such as machinery, blasting and disturbance in the mining process. The dynamic fracture mechanism of deep rock is a necessary prerequisite for engineering design and analysis. To study the dynamic fracture mechanism of r...
In the context of a high proportion of renewable energy integration, active splitting section search—one of the “three defense lines” of a power system—is crucial for the security, stability, and long-term sustainability of is...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease of immune complex deposition; therefore, complement plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of SLE. In general, complement levels in blood and complement deposition in histological tests are used for the...
Droplet-based microfluidics has emerged as a powerful platform for precise fluid manipulation in biomedical, chemical, and material science applications. Among various geometries, T-junction microchannels are widely utilized for droplet generation an...
Distributed generation (DG) allows the production of renewable energy where it is consumed, avoiding transport losses. It is envisioned that future DG units will become more intelligent, not just injecting power into the grid but also actively improv...
The lack of efficient and non-precious metal catalysts poses a challenge for electrochemical water splitting in hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. Here, we report on the preparation of growing Ni(OH)2 nanosheets in situ on a Ni and graphene hyb...
To discriminate the transport characteristics of residue-derived carbon (Cres) from soil native carbon (Csoil) in black soil with split nitrogen application, a 540-day incubation study was conducted with four treatments: Control (unamended soil), R (...
A split-phase three-level LCL grid-connected inverter is proposed to match the single-phase three-wire split-phase output power grids in countries such as those in North America. However, influencing factors such as grid impedance and background harm...
Metallic glass is being gradually recognized for its unique disordered atomic configuration and excellent catalytic activity, so is of great significance in the field of catalysis. Recent reports have demonstrated that Fe-based metallic glass, as a c...
Electrochemical water splitting has great potential in the storage of intermittent energy from the sun, wind, or other renewable sources for sustainable clean energy applications. However, the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) usually determines...
The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) are important signaling proteins. They contribute to a surprisingly wide range of cellular processes and play critical roles in a number of human diseases including cancer, neurological disorders and cardiac diseases....
Electrolytic water splitting with evolution of both hydrogen (HER) and oxygen (OER) is an attractive way to produce clean energy hydrogen. It is critical to explore effective, but low-cost electrocatalysts for the evolution of oxygen (OER) owing to i...
Molybdenum sulphide is an emerging precious-metal-free catalyst for cathodic water splitting. As its active sites catalyse the Volmer hydrogen adsorption step, it is particularly active in acidic media. This study focused on the electrochemical depos...
The current environmental pollution and energy crises are global concerns that must be addressed. Considering this background, three perovskites (YMnO3, Co-doped YMnO3, and Sn-doped YMnO3) were synthesized via a sol–gel method and characterized...
The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and environmental pollution has motivated scientists to cultivate renewable and green energy sources. The hydrogen economy is an emerging replacement for fossil fuels, and photocatalytic water splitting is a suitab...
The combining of the heterostructure construction and active sites modification to remodel the traditional wide-band-gap semiconductor SrTiO3 for improving visible light absorption capacity and enhancing photocatalytic performance is greatly desired....
The overexploitation of river sand will reduce the stability of the river. Using sludge pottery sand (SPS) as a substitute for fine aggregate in mortar can reduce the weight of building mortar and achieve pollution control and resource regeneration....
Commercial sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate (SS) have remained two of the leading alkaline activators widely used in producing geopolymer concrete, despite some identified negatives regarding their availability and additional CO2 emissions...
Accessible and superior electrocatalysts to overcome the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are pivotal for sustainable and low-cost hydrogen production through electrocatalytic water splitting. The iron and nickel oxohydroxide complexes are re...
Ni- and Fe-based metal-organic frameworks (NiFe-MOFs) have abundant valence states and have the potential to be used as bifunctional electrode materials. However, unannealed NiFe-MOFs are still not widely used in electrode materials, including electr...
Orbit uncertainty propagation plays an important role in the analysis of a space mission. The accuracy and computation expense are two critical essences of uncertainty propagation. Repeated evaluations of the objective model are required to improve t...
The split gill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) is a valuable natural resource with high nutritional value and diverse bioactive metabolites, underscoring its potential for sustainable applications. By applying elicitors, this study highlights the qu...
Active Learning (AL) for Hyperspectral Image Classification (HSIC) has been extensively studied. However, the traditional AL methods do not consider randomness among the existing and new samples. Secondly, very limited AL research has been carried ou...
A visible-light-active nickel oxide–graphitic carbon nitride (NiO@g-CN) hetero-structured nanocomposite was synthesized for the first time by pulsed laser ablation in liquid and used as a photoanode material in photoelectrochemical water-splitt...
We present an overview over eight brightly luminescent Cu(I) dimers of the type Cu2X2(P∩N)3 with X = Cl, Br, I and P∩N = 2-diphenylphosphino-pyridine (Ph2Ppy), 2-diphenylphosphino-pyrimidine (Ph2Ppym), 1-diphenylphosphino-isoquinoline (Ph2Piqn) inclu...
Accurate modeling of ionospheric variability is critical for space weather forecasting and GNSS applications. While machine learning approaches have shown promise, progress is hindered by the absence of standardized benchmarking practices and narrow...
The research community is actively exploring ways to create cost-efficient and high-performing electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. In this investigation, an innovative technique was employed to produce heteroatom-doped carbon containi...
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) and indium sulfide (In2S3) combined nanoarray films, fabricated via the hydrothermal and chemical bath deposition (CBD) methods, were employed as photoelectrocatalysts for water splitting applications through the photoelectroc...
Low-cost, high-performance coatings for hydrogen production via electrolytic water-splitting are of great importance for de-carbonising energy. In this study the Raney2.0 coating was analysed using various electrochemical techniques to assess its abs...
Background/Objectives: Overweight children and childhood obesity are growing public health concerns influenced by early-life nutrition and lifestyle. Irregular eating patterns, sedentary behaviour, and maladaptive eating behaviours significantly cont...
The highly efficient performance of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is largely governed by the construction of active interfaces, especially for the star semiconductor/electrocatalyst system. However, traditional strategies struggle to opt...
This work studies the factors that affect the efficiency of the photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using MoSx/WO3 nano-heterostructures obtained by reactive pulsed laser deposition (RPLD) on glass substrates covered with fluorinat...
Power-split hybrid electric vehicles (power-split-HEVs) exhibit significant engine torque fluctuations due to their mechanical coupling with the driveline, leading to pronounced torsional vibration issues in the drive shaft. This study investigates a...
Electrochemical water splitting is a feasible and effective method for attaining hydrogen, offering a mechanism for renewable energy solutions to combat the world’s energy crises due to the scarcity of fossil fuels. Evidently, the viability and...
In this paper it is proposed the displacement control of a bearingless induction machine (BIM) with split winding and optimized drive structure using Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC). Considering that the BIM is a multivariable, nonlinear,...
Almonds are susceptible to infestation by Aspergillus flavus, an aflatoxin-producing fungus. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of kernel type (inshell, shelled and split almonds) on the ability of A. flavus to grow and produc...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of single versus split pre-harvest applications of aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) on the concentrations of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity in ‘Baigent’ apple fruit cultiv...
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